Plaintiff
Artis Whitehead, Tennessee Department of Correction prisoner
number 369413, an inmate currently confined at the Northwest
Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, Tennessee, filed
this action jointly with five other inmates pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983. The case was opened as number
17-1104-JDT-cgc. (ECF No. 1.) On March 26, 2018, the Court
issued an order severing the Plaintiffs' claims and
directing the Clerk to open separate cases for each remaining
Plaintiff. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff Whitehead's claims were
opened as case number 17-1249-JDT-cgc.

Because
Plaintiff Whitehead did not sign the complaint, [1] the Court
directed the Clerk to send him a copy of the signature page
of the complaint and ordered Plaintiff to sign and return it
to the Clerk within 30 days or his claims would be dismissed.
(Id. at 4.) The Court also ordered Plaintiff to
submit an in forma pauperis affidavit and a copy of
his inmate trust account statement within 30 days, in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)-(b).
(Id. at 4-5.) Plaintiff was warned that failure to
do so also would result in the dismissal of his claims as
well as the assessment of the entire $400 filing fee from his
trust account without regard to the installment procedures of
§ 1915(b). (Id. at 5.)

Plaintiff
has not complied with the March 26, 2018 order, and the time
for compliance has expired. Therefore, the complaint is
hereby DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute
and failure to comply with the Court's order, pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

Notwithstanding
the dismissal of this action, the Court is still required to
assess the civil filing fee, since the responsibility for
paying the filing fee accrues at the time the complaint is
filed. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 607
(6th Cir. 1997), partially overruled on other grounds by
LaFountain v. Harry, 716 F.3d 944, 951 (6th Cir. 2013);
cf. In re Alea, 286 F.3d 378, 381-82 (6th Cir. 2002)
(dismissal of civil action filed by prisoner pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1915(g) did not obviate the obligation to pay
the filing fee).

It is
ORDERED that Plaintiff cooperate fully with prison officials
in carrying out this order. It is further ORDERED that the
trust fund officer at Plaintiff's prison shall withdraw
from Plaintiff's trust account the sum of $400 and
forward that amount to the Clerk of this Court. If the funds
in Plaintiff's account are insufficient to pay the full
amount of the civil filing fee, the prison official is
instructed to withdraw all of the funds in Plaintiff's
account and forward them to the Clerk of Court. On each
occasion that funds are subsequently credited to
Plaintiff's account, the prison official shall
immediately withdraw those funds and forward them to the
Clerk of Court, until the civil filing fee is paid in full.
The trust account officer is not required to remit any
balance less than $10, unless that amount would constitute
the final installment of the civil filing fee, provided that
any balance under $10 is held in custody for purposes of
paying the civil filing fee in this action and is promptly
remitted to the Clerk when sufficient funds are deposited
into Plaintiff's account to bring the balance to $10.

Each
time that the trust account officer makes a payment to the
Court as required by this order, he shall print a copy of the
prisoner's account statement showing all activity in the
account since the last payment under this order and file it
with the Clerk along with the payment. All payments and
account statements shall be sent to:

Clerk, United States District Court, Western District of
Tennessee 111 S. Highland Ave., Room 262, Jackson, TN 38301

and
shall clearly identify Plaintiff's name and the case
number as it appears on the first page of this order. If
Plaintiff is transferred to a different prison or released,
he is ORDERED to notify the Court immediately of his change
of address. If still confined, he shall provide the officials
at the new prison with a copy of this order. If Plaintiff
fails to abide by these or any other requirements of this
order, the Court may impose appropriate sanctions, including
a monetary fine or restrictions on Plaintiff's ability to
file future lawsuits in this Court, without any additional
notice or hearing.

The
Clerk is ORDERED to mail a copy of this order to the prison
official in charge of inmate trust accounts at the
Plaintiff's prison. The Clerk is further ORDERED to
forward a copy of this order to the Warden of the NWCX to
ensure that the custodian of Plaintiff's inmate trust
account complies with that portion of the PLRA pertaining to
the payment of filing fees.

The
Clerk is directed to prepare a judgment.

IT IS
SO ORDERED.

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